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Tephritid Flies

DateThu 2014-03-20

From last year: two male Tephritis neesii (Diptera: Tephritidae) competing for an ox-eye daisy plant (Leucanthemum vulgare).  They were flashing their patterned wings at each other.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-05-18.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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